Prison Books Collectivehttp://prisonbooks.info
"While there is a lower class I am in it, while there is a criminal element I am of it, while there is a soul in prison I am not free."Thu, 05 Apr 2018 23:49:19 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.1486928395Fundraiser at Ben & Jerry’s Chapel Hill April 19http://prisonbooks.info/2018/04/05/fundraiser-ben-and-jerrys-chapel-hill-april-19/
Thu, 05 Apr 2018 23:40:21 +0000http://prisonbooks.info/?p=7141Read more]]>It’s time for ANOTHER benefit at Ben & Jerry’s in Chapel Hill!

What: Fundraising Event for Prison Books Collective!! Help us send free books to people locked in North Carolina and Alabama prisons!When: Thursday, April 19, 12-10 pmWhere: Ben & Jerry’s, 102 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516How it works: You come in to buy a frozen treat (both dairy and non-dairy available!). We get a portion of the sales! We’ll also have a donation jar. It’s just that easy!
The one in April of last year a HUGE success. We raised $444 with your help!

]]>7141Back to only accepting specific genreshttp://prisonbooks.info/2018/03/06/back-to-only-accepting-specific-genres/
Tue, 06 Mar 2018 09:50:53 +0000http://prisonbooks.info/?p=7133Read more]]>After a couple months of accepting ALL books, we are now back to ONLY accepting soft cover books and only certain high-demand genres. Please check out our book donation page for more about what we’re looking for.

Wondering what all those books were being collected for? It’s a benefit book sale a group of UNC students (Student Chapter of the American Library Association) has been organizing for many years. Last year they raised $750 for us, the prior year it was $1,500!!! Help make the book sale a success by spreading the word!

Want some ideas of the sorts of books we’re currently accepting? We have a new Amazon wish list that has some example books that we’d like. It is far from an exhaustive list. And having this list is not an endorsement of the retail, consumer monster that is Amazon, it’s just a convenient place for us to let you know what we’d like! Note: we prefer that you order items to your home and then bring them to a workday. If you’re not located in the area, we have a gift mailing address, but we can only accept items ordered directly through Amazon (not 3rd party sellers, which is where used books usually come from). If you’d like to order used books and need them delivered, email us (prisonbooks@gmail.com) to make arrangements. Do NOT mail books to our workdays address or our PO Box. We can’t receive packages there. Thanks!

Wake up early on Christmas Day and show people in Central Prison that they’re not forgotten! Bring drums or other noise makers if you have them! The more noise we make, the more likely people on the inside will hear us!

This annual event is organized by the Fr. Charlie Mulholland Catholic Worker House. Meet at 10 am under the railroad tracks off W. Cabarrus St. The best way to get there is turn onto S. Boylan Ave from Western Blvd, then left on Dorothea Dr, and park just after the street turns to the right. Here’s a link to the meeting spot on a map.

Here is the political prisoner birthday poster for October.(11″x17″ PDF, 759KB) Also available as a shareable PNG here (imgur link). Print it out and plaster your community, both in commemoration of these freedom fighters and to advertise locally for a political prisoner letter writing night. Get together with some friends in your town to send birthday cards to these fighters in our struggle. It’s an easy way to help remind them that they aren’t forgotten. If you make one, remember—don’t use anything like white-out, stickers, tape or glitter on it. We also recommend that you put a return name and address and their name and prisoner number on the card, lest the authorities “lose” the envelope and forget where it is going. If you would like to add a birthday or sign up for our poster mailing list (not a listserv, one email per month), or if you would like to contribute in another way to increasing the profile of US political prisoners, email us at ppbirthday@riseup.net.

Do you need help advertising for your local Political Prisoner Letter Writing Night? Are you interested in distributing physical copies of the poster? Write to us and let’s find a way to get physical copies of our poster to you: ppbirthday@riseup.net

Here is the political prisoner birthday poster for September.(11″x17″ PDF, 8.13MB) Also available in color here, and as a shareable PNG here (imgur link). Print it out and plaster your community, both in commemoration of these freedom fighters and to advertise locally for a political prisoner letter writing night. Get together with some friends in your town to send birthday cards to these fighters in our struggle. It’s an easy way to help remind them that they aren’t forgotten. If you make one, remember—don’t use anything like white-out, stickers, tape or glitter on it. We also recommend that you put a return name and address and their name and prisoner number on the card, lest the authorities “lose” the envelope and forget where it is going. If you would like to add a birthday or sign up for our poster mailing list (not a listserv, one email per month), or if you would like to contribute in another way to increasing the profile of US political prisoners, email us at ppbirthday@riseup.net.

A special thank you to the designers of this month’s poster. Designers are constantly bombarded with requests to work their trade for free, for publicity, or for a cause, and every month the PPBD Posters project relies on their generosity of time, skill and devotion to the cause of prison abolition.

Do you need help advertising for your local Political Prisoner Letter Writing Night? Are you interested in distributing physical copies of the poster? Write to us and let’s find a way to get physical copies of our poster to you: ppbirthday@riseup.net

What: Benefit Event for Prison Books Collective!! Help us send free books to people locked in NC and AL prisons!When: Tuesday, Sept. 12, 12-10 pmWhere: Ben and Jerry’s, 102 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516How it works: You come in to buy a frozen treat (both dairy and non-dairy available!). We get a portion of the sales! We’ll also have a donation jar. It’s just that easy!
The last one was in April a HUGE success. We raised $444 with your help!

Happy Black August! This month is important for highlighting the liberation of people of African descent in the Western Hemisphere, from abolition and rebellion to revolution and self-determination.

Here is the political prisoner birthday poster for August.(11″x17″ PDF, 1MB) Also available in color here, and as a shareable PNG here (imgur link). Print it out and plaster your community, both in commemoration of these freedom fighters and to advertise locally for a political prisoner letter writing night. Get together with some friends in your town to send birthday cards to these fighters in our struggle. It’s an easy way to help remind them that they aren’t forgotten. If you make one, remember—don’t use anything like white-out, stickers, tape or glitter on it. We also recommend that you put a return name and address and their name and prisoner number on the card, lest the authorities “lose” the envelope and forget where it is going. If you would like to add a birthday or sign up for our poster mailing list (not a listserv, one email per month), or if you would like to contribute in another way to increasing the profile of US political prisoners, email us at ppbirthday@riseup.net.

Do you need help advertising for your local Political Prisoner Letter Writing Night? Are you interested in distributing physical copies of the poster? Write to us and let’s find a way to get physical copies of our poster to you: ppbirthday@riseup.net

]]>7085Welcome Volunteers!!!http://prisonbooks.info/2017/06/16/welcome-volunteers/
Fri, 16 Jun 2017 04:26:37 +0000http://prisonbooks.info/?p=7061Read more]]>We’re excited to announce that we are now accepting new volunteers in our new space!! So please come to a workday!

Here is the political prisoner birthday poster for June.(11″x17″ PDF, 2.45MB) Also available in color here, and as a shareable PNG here (imgur link). Print it out and plaster your community, both in commemoration of these freedom fighters and to advertise locally for a political prisoner letter writing night. Get together with some friends in your town to send birthday cards to these fighters in our struggle. It’s an easy way to help remind them that they aren’t forgotten. If you make one, remember—don’t use anything like white-out, stickers, tape or glitter on it. We also recommend that you put a return name and address and their name and prisoner number on the card, lest the authorities “lose” the envelope and forget where it is going. If you would like to add a birthday or sign up for our poster mailing list (not a listserv, one email per month), or if you would like to contribute in another way to increasing the profile of US political prisoners, email us at ppbirthday@riseup.net.

Do you need help advertising for your local Political Prisoner Letter Writing Night? Are you interested in distributing physical copies of the poster? Write to us and let’s find a way to get physical copies of our poster to you: ppbirthday@riseup.net

]]>7050We’ve moved into our NEW space!http://prisonbooks.info/2017/06/01/weve-moved-into-our-new-space/
Thu, 01 Jun 2017 22:30:56 +0000http://prisonbooks.info/?p=7041Read more]]>We are excited to announce that we have a NEW SPACE!! We will remain in Durham, NC. We are very grateful to Human Kindness Foundation for generously donating space to us!!

We are taking one more weekend to get all settled in and organized. We hope to begin welcoming in new volunteers starting Sunday, June 11. Stay tuned to find out the exact address and directions.

Thanks to all of you for your support as we worked on finding a new space. We are looking forward to welcoming you to it soon!

Note: Donations of books are still on hold until we get more settled in. However, we always welcome financial donations!! With our new (larger!) space, we hope to be able to send books to even more people in prison, and we’d appreciate your support to make that happen! To donate: http://bit.ly/2h9Nb49.